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This should be Community Wiki as there is no single answer for that question.
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CorneliusJul 17 '10 at 19:55

@Aaronut: Yeah, I had one of those internal debate things. I figured it would get better exposure here, but we'll see if people agree with you :)
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Adam ShiemkeJul 21 '10 at 1:15

Just FYI everyone: Since the questions is a wiki, anyone can edit it. So instead of posting answers, please append the list int the question. This keeps everything organized.
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Adam ShiemkeJul 21 '10 at 1:46

Are blogs like [blah-eater.com] appropriate to list, or is this confined specifically to portal type sites?
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mfgJul 30 '10 at 13:53

Can't disagree with you Susan-p, I do get a lot of hits from that site when looking for ideas.
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BrettskiJul 17 '10 at 21:13

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Often they suck though. The lack of editorial control means there are lots of bad recipes.
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Adam ShiemkeJul 17 '10 at 23:19

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I've had some good and bad recipes from them... all with high ratings. It is really hit and miss.
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JujuSep 28 '10 at 20:16

I find that ratings don't mean much. It isn't a good way to specify what is a good recipe and even worse - how can you differentiate between 10 chocolate chip muffins that all have 5 stars?
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TechboyJun 12 '11 at 17:09

Didn't wanna just add this since it's not free, but cooksillustrated.com has almost all of CI's well-tested, easy-to-follow recipes. Subscription is well-worth it, especially for beginners that may not do as well on community sites since they don't yet know how to recognize a good recipe from a bad one.

For organization and inspiration I find keeping blogs in my Google Reader under a 'foo' tag is ideal. It helps most of all when I don't know what to cook. I really enjoy Whole Foods' blog (and a local community market; a well-organized farmer's market may have a twitter stream you could put in there too) because it focuses a lot on seasonal ingredients and when you interweave threads about ingredients and recipes discovery and ideas really get flowing.

There is wide variety of different recipes on the Internet, and just searching on a few sites is limiting. I prefer Googling for recipes and picking or combining the ones which sound best to me. Cooking is a art, express yourself!

I am so disappointed by Recipezaar's new format though. I liked how messy their old site was compared to the new site. I like clean design, don't get me wrong, but boring is another matter. I am having trouble finding old recipes I used to use on there though, which is unfortunate.
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mfgSep 30 '10 at 13:03

I'm considering adding The Cottage Smallholder to the list, although the site isn't exclusively for recipes. Every recipe I've cooked from there has turned out fantasically, so I can vouch for the quality.

Given the fact that it's not a "pure" recipe site, what are peoples thoughts on it going in the main list?

I like Taste Spotting. It's a visual potluck that links to food blogs.

And I'd like to be able to make a shameless plug for Fridge to Food, but it's still in alpha. It's a site I'm working on that takes the visual potluck idea from Taste Spotting, combines it with the voting and reputation system of the StackExchange model and makes it applicable to recipes. It also has an ingredient-based search.

Hopefully after this weekend I can take it to open beta. If not this weekend, then by next. It's really close to being basic feature-complete. Then I can make a shameless plug for it :D

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BaffledCookSep 1 '12 at 14:12